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Trump’s Tariff Shock: Global economic & insurance premium growth to slow down, says Swiss Re
Jérôme Haegeli, Swiss Re's Group Chief Economist, said: "While...
Trade unions go on daylong strike, services largely unaffected
The unions' demands include doing away with the four labour codes,...
US, Britain, other countries ink agreement to make AI ‘secure by design’
The agreement is non-binding and carries mostly general recommendations such as monitoring AI systems for abuse, protecting data from tampering and vetting software suppliers The United States, Britain and more than a dozen other countries on Sunday unveiled what a...
Govt disconnects 70 lakh mobile involved in financial frauds: DFS Secretary
Vivek Joshi, Secretary, Department of Financial Services About Rs 900 crore of defrauded money has been saved, benefitting 3.5 lakh victims, an official statement said New Delhi: To check digital frauds, the government has disconnected 70 lakh mobile numbers so far...
Rising heat stress poses grave occupational health risk for workers in Tamil Nadu Study
The workers reported symptoms of heat strain, dehydration, and urinary tract infection symptoms, likely due to excessive sweating, lack of toilet access and limited water consumption during their shifts. Of particular concern is the impact of heat stress on kidney...
Impact of climate change on health takes centre stage at COP28: WHO
7 million premature deaths annually are attributed to air pollution The health community recognizes the role health systems play in contributing to emissions, and advocates for greening the health sector. This involves decarbonizing health systems, digitalizing...
Net zero goal calls for USD 5 trillion in annual green investments: IMF
Of the 50 per cent cut to emissions needed by 2030 to stay on track for the 1.5-degree target, more than 80 per cent can be achieved from technologies available today. Getting to net zero by 2050 will, however, require technologies that are still under development or...
Haryana formulates scheme for financial assistance to stage III, IV cancer patients
All age group stage III and IV patients will be eligible under the scheme, and patients whose family income is less than Rs 3 lakh per annum, except the amount of other social security pension schemes, will be eligible, it said Chandigarh: To lessen the financial...
Sitharaman to address global reinsurance meet in Mumbai on Thursday, to promote India as a global reinsurance hub
The power packed event will be addressed by Vivek Joshi, secretary, Department of Financial Services, Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI, K. Rajaraman, chairperson, IFSCA, Hasmukh Adhia, chairman, GIFT City, Siddhartha Mohanty, chairman, Life Insurance Corporation New...
Spiraling climate costs make insurance unaffordable for some Australians
Over a million households now face home insurance affordability stress, As a growing number of people dump or scale back their insurance, a “protection gap” is emerging, said Andrew Hall, head of the Insurance Council of Australia Increasing numbers of Australians are...
LIC keen to keep part of its stake in IDBI Bank to reap benefit of bancassurance
''We have made it clear that IDBI Bank is our number one partner in bancassurance. We will retain the some stake in IDBI Bank so that the bancassurance partnership continues,'' LIC Chairman Siddhartha Mohanty said Mumbai: State-owned LIC, promoter of IDBI Bank, has...
S&P ups India’s FY’24 growth forecast to 6.4 pc on robust domestic momentum
The US-based rating agency, however, has cut growth estimates for the next fiscal (2024-25) to 6.4 per cent, as it expects growth to slow in the second half (October-March) of the current fiscal, on higher base impact and subdued global growth New Delhi: S&P...